Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [to-vb] been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The setting up , in 1991 , of the Ecole Nationale du Patrimoine , staffed mainly by art historians , has further demoted archaeological research ; the national plan for archaeology , which was to have been a blueprint for future research projects , has not yet received the promised funding of FFr17 million ( £1.7 million ; $2.9 million ) ; and their proposal that special forms of taxation be introduced to pay for urgent excavations ( with priority given to the most deserving cases ) has not been taken up . |
| 2 | Joyce began work on the book — which was to have been a series of short stories based on Irish history and mythology — in 1923 , but the project never reached fruition and was abandoned a year later . |
| 3 | In England there was to have been a four-year transitional period , commencing in 1990 , during which the community charge would have been gradually introduced and rates phased out , but the Secretary of State , in response to pressure from his own party , agreed late in 1987 that with the exception of a handful of London boroughs ( where some flexibility remains ) the community charge should be introduced throughout England in 1990 without any phasing-in period . |
| 4 | It was to have been a nice little earner . |
| 5 | His psyche had chosen to fly during what was to have been a two-week visit at their flat rather than fifteen storeys up in his own dismal , run-down tower block , alone with his nagging wife . |
| 6 | What was to have been a lesson in geography looks like turning into a lesson in harsh economics . |
| 7 | What was to have been a grand finale to the four-day official visit had to be hurried along with little ceremony as rain pelted down on Kyongju , spoiling the autumnal splendour of the ornamental gardens , a favourite spot for young honeymooners . |